General Information.
-Introduction
-How to Play
-Monthly Challenges and Free-builds
-Scoring
-Kings, Clan leaders and Kingdoms
-Claimed and Unclaimed Cities
-History
-Factions
-Creatures & Races
-Positions of Power
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Welcome to the Lands of Mythron, a medieval/Middle-earth-based fantasy world! Join a faction, create your character, and make history as you have adventures, team up with your allies, build new locations, power up with rank points and compete in monthly challenges for the good of your faction!
In this land there are many things such as creatures, dragons, and orcs - the list could go on and on! This is a magical place with wizards and mages, so feel free to power yourself up with magical abilities (Try to think something like Lord of the Rings, no hobbits though.). Your character can also posses spells to heal himself, or to inflict damage onto others. (Try not to go overboard though.)
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How to play
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To sign up, go to the Signing up thread.
Then, after you sign up, you will be required to make a Character Intro in (go to the homepage and click the links if you haven't already.) the Intro thread before you can add anything else or to build for the monthly challenges.

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Monthly challenges and Free builds
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Alright. There will be challenges each month. Universal or Regional. There will also be Rogue challenges and Sovereign Challenges that will pop up now and then. You can also build free builds. (We will open up a topic for judging when the challenges is over. Anyone (Even without an Intro) can vote.

--Regional Challenges--
These challenges will not continue the story of the land, but for your character. Such as your Character defeating a great beast and claiming the treasure.

-- Universal Challenges--
These challenges will continue the story of the land, or at least be a major happening. Such as, a great blizzard suddenly, and without warning, sweeping over the whole land. Or, a sudden attack on Mythron from the neighboring Island of Rainos.

-- Rogue Challenges--
These challenges will pop up from time to time, totally unexpected. These may or may not continue the story of the land. Entering this challenge grants you 8 points. And unlike other challenges, this will not be a competition, so no judging. This type of challenge is still important though.

--Free Builds--
You will be permitted to add free builds each month. (No more than 5 please.) Free builds are just any random build featuring your character, or just some forest scene.

-- Sovereign Challenges --
Sovereign Challenges will be focused on Kings or Clan leaders. These will pop up time to time. The kings and clan leaders are required to do these. If one refuses, or just can't do it, he will be given one strike. Three strikes and your position as king will be revoked. And unlike other challenges, this will not be a competition, so no judging. You will gain 4 points by doing this challenge.
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Scoring
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Just entering and building for a Regional Challenge grants you 5 points, and winning the challenge grants you ten points. (Do not think, if you entered and won, you get 15 points. You will not. You will only be granted 10.) Points are what give you titles, such as your position of power in the land (These positions will be revealed further down). And posting a free build grants you 2 points.

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Kings, Clan leaders and Kingdoms.
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There are five major cities in Mythron. Which means, that there are also five kings. One for each city. You may claim any city in Mythron to be king over, Unless it is already claimed by another player (you may not continue game-play or issue challenges. You have no special abilities. You will be a regular player with the Title of King.) However, you may not claim Reedus, (which is run by the High king.) (You may claim a City in Rainos, and be a clan leader. And Like Mythron, the whole Country is ruled by the Barbarian leader, Bartok. He does not live in a city, he lives in his Castle near the center of Rainos.
--The High King--
The High King is the ruler of Mythron, and no player can be the High King. He is a non-player person (run by the admins) who can issue bounties, (rewards for criminals...etc..) and challenges (such as, Mythron attacking Rainos).

----- Cities:

Mythron:
- Capital is Reedus
- Meids
- Falmor
- Carthal

Rainos:
- Capital is Iremore
- Hadran
- Guaire
- Grorm

Enalica:
- "Capital" is Worsan
- Pescado
- Drfdor
- Infordest

Outlaws:
- "Capital" is Frost-Claw
- Elpis
- Larpang
- Nostrogel

Nerogue:
- Capital is Zorthan
- Tomeu
- Morthog
- Rogath

History Summary.
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Mythron used to spread across the whole map, but the Barbaric land of Rainos decided to split apart because they didn't quite agree with Mythron's Laws and ways of ruling. So Rainos and Mythron are now at war.
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Official History
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Mythron, at one time under the rule of the great Mythros, spread across the whole map uniting all of the Islands under one ruler. But the Barbarians didn't quite agree with the the Mythronian's sociable ways of living. So one day, they made war against the King. Clashing outside of the Kings city, Reedus. In this battle, commonly called the battle of Unbinding, King Mythros was killed, being be-headed by the recent Barbarian King, Bartok. Mythros' three sons, Borin, Sadon, and Rowan were enraged, and they vowed that even if they could not do it in their life, their sons would wipe out the line of Bartok. Time carried on. And Rowan was appointed king. Then, the rebellious city of Tomeu was sacked by the Outlaws and a new faction arose - Nerouge. Nerouge allied itself with Mythron. Mythron decided to sack Rainosian land, and Nerouge followed along with them in some ships and also defended the homeland. The Nerogueians were not able to defend all of the Mythronian villages from the Outlaws looking for a quick and easy way to get some goods. Mythron didn't fare as well either on the sea, and they lost the battle at the Rainosian land. Though Mythron was able to secure a small spot on the Eastern Coast of Rainos and establish a strong line of supplies from Mythron to their area in Rainos. Low resistance from Enalica enabled this victory. (The Story will continue from here. In the Universal challenges.)
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Factions
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(You will be able to choose which faction you want to be when you make your character intro. Once you choose a faction, comment in the appropriate faction thread and you will be invited to the faction group where more gaming opportunities are.)

Faction: Mythron. This faction is the most civilized. Their building style mostly features stonework for the castles and nobles' homes. The flag color of Mythron is blue. Official colors for the national soldiers of Mythron are blue and black.

Faction: Rainos. Described as a barbarian state by its neighbor, Rainos is a free society with little government. Rainosian warriors do what they want, typically raiding Mythron for fame, fortune, and adventure. They travel alone or in war-bands of any size dressed in any manner, and their buildings are mostly made of wood with occasional rough-cut masonry. The national colors are red and black, but these are only used when the clans unite for all-out war.

Faction: These are just outlaws/highwaymen/brigands, wearing whatever clothes they can come by. They don't usually carry flags. (They don't have a specific territory , or race, but their headquarters is located in Bodus to the Northeast.) Official Colors: None.

Enalica - Enalica is the island faction of Mythron. It's main city is Worsan, located south of Mythron. Although Enalica was once a pirate faction, things where changed when a Rainosian moved to Worsan and began to rally the Enalicans to adopt a new strategy: to become raiders.
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Creatures & Races
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Giant Spiders (Giant spiders are massive arachnids that can range from the size of a horse to that of a small elephant. They roam the dark swamps and forests and are usually also seen in caves and abandoned mines.)

Giants ( Giants are towering beings usually possessing superhuman strength, and often special powers. Not much is known about the Giants who roam Mythron, except that they like to steal livestock for food, and occasionally they attack settlements that are build too close to their home. They are usually peaceful creatures unless provoked. )

Stone giants (Huge stone-like beings, Legend says that they are the guardians of the mountains. Although not much is know of them, adventurers every now and then will report encounters.)

Mammoths (Mammoths are massive elephantine creatures and one of the largest animals in Mythron, they are typically hairy with a sloping back and sometimes they have four long curved tusks.)

Sea serpents (Fishermen and sailors have reported sightings of these beasts.)

Dragons (Flying beasts that breath fire. There are two types of dragon, the fire dragon, and the frost dragon, fire dragons are seen pretty much at any point of the map, but frost dragons restrict their territory to the cold regions such as Bodus.)

Trolls (Distant cousins to the Yetis, they are big and strong, but slow and dull-minded.)

Werewolves (Lycanthropy is a disease which permits people to transform in to a werewolf. Werewolves are wolf-like humanoid creatures with razor sharp claws and a set of large teeth. Some people think that Lycanthropy is a blessing, but others think it is a disease. People who have mastered this disease can transform each day at will.)

Vampires (People afflicted with an unknown disease have been drastically changed into vampires. They are evil, they sometimes come out at night to feed on people's blood. They also have a heightened vulnerability to sunlight and fire. There is said to be a clan of pure blooded vampires in the unclaimed lands.)

(Keep in mind, this does not cover ALL of the creatures, but if you make a creature in your MOC, please keep it to an ancient medieval feel.)
(Of course there will be Cats and Dogs and horses. This is just for Creatures.)

Eor -(Pronunciation=Yo-ur) is a cross between an eagle and a boar. But with a twist. Instead of bone-like tusk, the Eor has golden tusk (Yes its "real" gold). How this is possible, we still do not know. The Eor was often killed by poachers and is now near extinction. It lives in mountains, and anywhere with tall trees.

Fire-toads (Fire-toads are small, reptilian predators which live in the tropical undergrowth of the southern lands. They are capable of breathing fire to hunt their prey, and are popular as pets among explorers and the wealthy.)
--Races--

Orcs (Strong Creatures. They are very fierce in combat. Dangerous)

Halidra (Pronunciation=hal-ih-druh)
Known for: Living in clans from 10-100. Typically they live in huts and roam the lands, attacking whatever they think they can beat. They typically have brutish swords, and light armor for traveling quickly. They are very very fast (about twice as fast as humans and Orcs) and are extremely agile. They also have incredible sight and smell. They are natural hunters.

Dwarfs (Short, bearded, half man-like being. They are very strong and hardy. They have great endurance.)

Ilbren (Small, a bit shorter than Dwarves. Typically smart, sneaky, and agile. Not warriors, and are often peaceful, keeping to themselves.)

Elves. (Just your typical elves. There are not many left in the land today.) The Title of Elves also classifies for Dark Elves, Wood Elves, and so on.

Grers, (Grey humanoid creatures. Very strong. This race is often sold into slavery for their incredible strength. They make superb warriors.)

Humans (Just your typical Human)

Cyclops (A member of a race of savage one-eyed beings. While Cyclops used to be huge, now they're about the size of an average human, but stronger.)

Minotaurs. (Strong half man-half bull creatures. Very dangerous. They are quite aggressive. Quick to anger, impatient and often times competitive.)

Taksils (A diverse group of reptilians, about the size of a human. Most are uncivilized and live like animals despite their intelligence. They are extremely agile and certain species possess toxic venom.)

----- Skinchangers- Some races can assume, or transform into great animals, or beasts whenever they wish, although it is pretty rare.
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(Shown in the creatures list at the top)
-Vampires-
-Werewolves-
(Most races can be changed into either of these except for Minotaurs, Taksils, and Cyclops.

---- Positions of Power ----

Player:
Some factions have a challenge available immediately after the character introduction for higher status within the faction. These do not affect inter-factional game-play. Find your specific challenges in your faction group.

Guild Master:
Each faction has a challenge open to players with at least twenty-five points. Completion allows players to form guilds of other players to fight off enemies and compete in the annual Tournament.

Spy:
Each faction has a spy challenge unlocked at fifty points. Spies can join and compete in the challenges of a second faction, even joining the faction's sub-group. Spies' points count toward their home factions.

Diplomat:
Each faction allows its players to graduate from spy to diplomat at seventy-five points. Diplomats are basically very powerful spies who deliver messages between factions as well as steal information.

City Raider:
Each faction has a challenge available at one hundred points that allows players to attack and defend the major cities on the map, engaging in epic MOC-offs against builders from rival factions.

---- Switching Factions ----

You may only switch factions when you have LESS than 100 character points. Your points go with you when you switch factions (as long as you have less than 100 character points). If you switch factions when you have MORE than 100 points, then you lose all of your points, and your previous points stay with the faction you left.

---- Making stuff up about different factions ----

You might decide to have other factions in your builds. However, if you have another faction's soldiers/citizens/etc do questionable things (even if you think it might be okay), then you NEED to ask the faction leader (in their faction thread) to see if what you are having that faction's people do is aligned with what that faction would do. (Outlaws are usually exempt from this because each outlaw is, by definition, individualistic, so if you have an "Outlaw" do something, it is probably going to be okay.)

Example: A Rainosian wants to have some Mythronian soldiers stealing apples from a citizen's orchard. Just to make sure, the Rainosian goes to the Mythronian faction thread and see if this is acceptable. The faction leader says "No, true Mythronians wouldn't do that. However, if you clearly explain that the soldiers abandoned the Mythronian army, then you're fine."

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This topic may be Edited from time to time.
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Quoting Freeling ++ (Grounded)
Configure your bright mind to think for a minute. Falmor, is a city. With soldiers. And do you know who gets arrested and thrown in jail in cities? Outlaws. Does this answer your question.

he lol see barbarians wouldn't be so foolish to try and take on a city by them selves Permalink

Quoting Freeling ++ (Grounded)
I guess. If it's not claimed by someone else.

I'll take Meids! No one else has, I don't think, and yes, my bright little mind did not think of that, before. I must say, that you are certainly correct. So, I hereby claim Meids for the Outlaws!Permalink

Quoting A Sargent
I'll take Meids! No one else has, I don't think, and yes, my bright little mind did not think of that, before. I must say, that you are certainly correct. So, I hereby claim Meids for the Outlaws!

*ahem* Forgot you were an outlaw. The cities in Mythron are run by Kings. Not Outlaws. Permalink

Quoting Freeling ++
No. Bodus is the territory in mythron inhabited by Outlaws. The only places up for the taking are some of the Mythron cities, and one more Rainos city,

I guess I'll stick to my trusty airship! Oh and by the way, my Pick-A-Brick order is on the way, including 50 round, clear, 2x2 bricks, which I need for my big upcoming MOC, the one I was going to enter for the Monthly Challenge. I can't wait for it to arrive! C:Permalink

Quoting ~ Caleb ~
I guess I'll stick to my trusty airship! Oh and by the way, my Pick-A-Brick order is on the way, including 50 round, clear, 2x2 bricks, which I need for my big upcoming MOC, the one I was going to enter for the Monthly Challenge. I can't wait for it to arrive! C:

That up coming MOC sounds killer! I CAN NOT wait to see what it looks like!
-Brick BoyPermalink

Quoting ~ Caleb ~
Neither can I! It's coming along quote well, and it even has playability like catapults and pots of boling oil! I can't wait to finish it!!!

Actually, they didn't dump oil on enemies. Oil was way to valuable to waste on killing people, instead they used boiling hot water! Yikes!
Also, they did dump water on enemies when in a state of emergency....
Such as if the enemy was breaking through a main wall!
So it all sounds cool, but try switching those black studs for some clear ones;) Sorry to be a MOC stopper:I
-Brick BoyPermalink

Quoting Brick Boy
Actually, they didn't dump oil on enemies. Oil was way to valuable to waste on killing people, instead they used boiling hot water! Yikes!
Also, they did dump water on enemies when in a state of emergency....
Such as if the enemy was breaking through a main wall!
So it all sounds cool, but try switching those black studs for some clear ones;) Sorry to be a MOC stopper:I
-Brick Boy

Don't forget the burning sand, another favorite, though legend says that Greek Fire was once used to win a siege.Permalink

Quoting Gilbert Despathens
Don't forget the burning sand, another favorite, though legend says that Greek Fire was once used to win a siege.

History books also state that during the end of the Roman empire, they made a kingdom on a, and when they work attacked....they set water on fire! The truth is they just put oil in the water, then lit it on fire:I
Also, we probably should stop chatting in here;)
-Brick BoyPermalink

Quoting Brick Boy
Actually, they didn't dump oil on enemies. Oil was way to valuable to waste on killing people, instead they used boiling hot water! Yikes!
Also, they did dump water on enemies when in a state of emergency....
Such as if the enemy was breaking through a main wall!
So it all sounds cool, but try switching those black studs for some clear ones;) Sorry to be a MOC stopper:I
-Brick Boy

I think the points required for ranks should be lower, as I don't think ANYONE is going to get over 50 points; as most people in this group have under 10. Just a suggestion, hope I'm not rude. :)Permalink

Quoting ~ Caleb ~
I think the points required for ranks should be lower, as I don't think ANYONE is going to get over 50 points; as most people in this group have under 10. Just a suggestion, hope I'm not rude. :)

Look here sonny, 2 points for a free build. Limit to five free builds a month. And the challenges, (which there will usually be two a month, a Universal, and a regional) And you get 5 points for entering. And 10 for winning. And fo' yo' info'mation, I have 13 points. And also, I don't want to give people the titles on a silver platter. For someone to have the rank of MASTER, I believe they need to earn it first. (Sorry, I'm a bit cranky today)

(But however, I will change the permissions from having the ability to make your own special force of soldiers from the Warrior, to the Militia level.) So now, in order to create your own force of soldiers, you have to be at least at the level of militia. (I hope that's better)Permalink

Quoting Freeling ++
Look here sonny, 2 points for a free build. Limit to five free builds a month. And the challenges, (which there will usually be two a month, a Universal, and a regional) And you get 5 points for entering. And 10 for winning. And fo' yo' info'mation, I have 13 points. And also, I don't want to give people the titles on a silver platter. For someone to have the rank of MASTER, I believe they need to earn it first. (Sorry, I'm a bit cranky today)

(But however, I will change the permissions from having the ability to make your own special force of soldiers from the Warrior, to the Militia level.) So now, in order to create your own force of soldiers, you have to be at least at the level of militia. (I hope that's better)

Well listen here Mr. Cranky-pants, (kidding, XD)

I suppose you do have a point, guess I kinda sounded stupid :P Oh, and that's a really good idea to change the special force of soldiers from Warrior to Milita level too. You run this group quite smoothly!Permalink

Quoting Gilbert Despathens
Sorry, someone already tried that and was almost tarred and feathered before being driven out of town by the angry citizens. No claiming territories that don't belong to your faction.

It says clearly in the top comment...
--Free Builds--
You will be permitted to add free builds each month. (No more than 5 please.) Free builds are just any random build featuring your character, or just some forest scene. Permalink

Quoting Freeling .
It says clearly in the top comment...
--Free Builds--
You will be permitted to add free builds each month. (No more than 5 please.) Free builds are just any random build featuring your character, or just some forest scene.

Uhh, what? This is a medieval theme about the Lands of Mythron. You can build locations on the map, and a story of the adventures of your character. There will also be challenges to build for every month. There is no limit on Free-builds for each month. That is what it says?Permalink

Quoting Harry Wilkinson
Uhh, what? This is a medieval theme about the Lands of Mythron. You can build locations on the map, and a story of the adventures of your character. There will also be challenges to build for every month. There is no limit on Free-builds for each month. That is what it says?

Oooh. I see. Were in the process of trying to get everything organized, and somehow we totally skipped over that. Thanks for pointing that out. You get a brownie point, boi. Permalink

I have a proposal to make. Currently, it's possible to figure out most of the Mythron mythology and history from the conversation threads here, but it takes a lot of reading and searching. Also, whenever any new information is introduced in someone's personal story, it takes a while, if anyone even bothers, to update all the information and history threads.

To try to make this group clearer for those who are just starting or looking to make their story more consistent and realistic, I hereby volunteer to put together a wiki for Lands of Mythron on http://www.wikia.com/ (same website as Brickipedia). I will take care of consolidating the information posted in this group and starting up the wiki, and then allow everyone in the group to post new information they introduce in their building. This group will still be the only official source of information, and the admins' word will still be law when it comes to gameplay or wide divergences from the storyline, but I hope this will help everyone in the group become more engaged. What do you think?Permalink

Quoting Thomas of Tortuga (erstwhile Alphonsus Liguori)
I have a proposal to make. Currently, it's possible to figure out most of the Mythron mythology and history from the conversation threads here, but it takes a lot of reading and searching. Also, whenever any new information is introduced in someone's personal story, it takes a while, if anyone even bothers, to update all the information and history threads.

To try to make this group clearer for those who are just starting or looking to make their story more consistent and realistic, I hereby volunteer to put together a wiki for Lands of Mythron on http://www.wikia.com/ (same website as Brickipedia). I will take care of consolidating the information posted in this group and starting up the wiki, and then allow everyone in the group to post new information they introduce in their building. This group will still be the only official source of information, and the admins' word will still be law when it comes to gameplay or wide divergences from the storyline, but I hope this will help everyone in the group become more engaged. What do you think?

Good thinking! I was considering putting together a series of atlas MOCs describing the history, characters and locations, but not only does this sound like an easier task to undertake, it also sounds easier on the readers. Nevertheless, as one of the few people who has read and viewed every one of the group's creations and made up a good portion of the story and gameplay, may I offer myself as a co-author of this wiki?Permalink

Quoting Gilbert Despathens
Good thinking! I was considering putting together a series of atlas MOCs describing the history, characters and locations, but not only does this sound like an easier task to undertake, it also sounds easier on the readers. Nevertheless, as one of the few people who has read and viewed every one of the group's creations and made up a good portion of the story and gameplay, may I offer myself as a co-author of this wiki?

I would add that the other admins could co-author it as well as they are likely to know the most about their faction.Permalink

Quoting Gilbert Despathens
Nevertheless, as one of the few people who has read and viewed every one of the group's creations and made up a good portion of the story and gameplay, may I offer myself as a co-author of this wiki?

Wonderful! I'll get started now, and I'll put a link in the thread when I've got the framework up!Permalink

Quoting Jacob Pennington
Wow! That's a great start to the LoM Wiki! Keep going, and if you need any help finishing it, just ask!

Ahem..."Ask?" There's still a good bit to be done, and feel free to edit it yourself. Copy-pasting creature, race, and city descriptions into new articles would be quite helpful, even if you do nothing else!Permalink

Ahem..."Ask?" There's still a good bit to be done, and feel free to edit it yourself. Copy-pasting creature, race, and city descriptions into new articles would be quite helpful, even if you do nothing else!

The problem I see with it as of now is that it will take a long time to add things there that we already have here - just go to the directory thread and you'd already have everything. The second problem is that much of the information that are in other MOCs may be completely inaccurate to what is actually a fact. Third, the information added can be added and edited by virtually anyone at any time and thus making it easy for factual mistakes and errors. I didn't give my full approval - I just stated that IF it was going to be made, the admins would have to have final rule. This group and the faction groups are the official points for accurate information on LOM.

I looked at it and there are already entirely separate pages for each creature! :/

The directory thread has links to it all - and I'm afraid that the wiki will not have accurate information. I'm not sure what Freeling thinks about it.Permalink

Quoting David the Fire Ninja Jedi
The problem I see with it as of now is that it will take a long time to add things there that we already have here - just go to the directory thread and you'd already have everything. The second problem is that much of the information that are in other MOCs may be completely inaccurate to what is actually a fact. Third, the information added can be added and edited by virtually anyone at any time and thus making it easy for factual mistakes and errors. I didn't give my full approval - I just stated that IF it was going to be made, the admins would have to have final rule. This group and the faction groups are the official points for accurate information on LOM.

I looked at it and there are already entirely separate pages for each creature! :/

The directory thread has links to it all - and I'm afraid that the wiki will not have accurate information. I'm not sure what Freeling thinks about it.

I see where you're coming from. So you just want to drop the whole wiki thing?Permalink

Quoting Jacob Pennington
I see where you're coming from. So you just want to drop the whole wiki thing?

We will be discussing it in the Admin group. For now I would advise not to spend too much time on it (unless you like doing it) in case we completely disregard it as an unreliable source of LOM information.

However, I think the outcome will be this:

Us Admins will sign up for the wikia and verify/correct/edit the pages there since it has a nice organization format that allows pictures as well as text and immediate references to other places on the wikia (if a town is mentioned, it can be easily linked to and such). We would add comments saying that the page is accurate as of the date that the comment was posted. Thus, if a page was last edited after a verification comment by an admin, it should not be considered valid.

Also, we would not allow locations or environments added by people (we might just delete the pages) because those things are only decided upon by the admins collectively unless it is specifically a town in a certain faction (in that case, only the faction leader would need to approve of it and an override option by Freeling).

Certainly the faction pages would not have the current number of faction points because that is just way too much - go to your own faction group if you want to find that out....

The faction pages wouldn't have the challenges either - again, go to your faction group. It is not needed on the wikia.

There may be other things, but that's the overview of what I think will happen.Permalink

Quoting David the Fire Ninja Jedi
We will be discussing it in the Admin group. For now I would advise not to spend too much time on it (unless you like doing it) in case we completely disregard it as an unreliable source of LOM information.

However, I think the outcome will be this:

Us Admins will sign up for the wikia and verify/correct/edit the pages there since it has a nice organization format that allows pictures as well as text and immediate references to other places on the wikia (if a town is mentioned, it can be easily linked to and such). We would add comments saying that the page is accurate as of the date that the comment was posted. Thus, if a page was last edited after a verification comment by an admin, it should not be considered valid.

Also, we would not allow locations or environments added by people (we might just delete the pages) because those things are only decided upon by the admins collectively unless it is specifically a town in a certain faction (in that case, only the faction leader would need to approve of it and an override option by Freeling).

Certainly the faction pages would not have the current number of faction points because that is just way too much - go to your own faction group if you want to find that out....

The faction pages wouldn't have the challenges either - again, go to your faction group. It is not needed on the wikia.

There may be other things, but that's the overview of what I think will happen.

Quoting David the Fire Ninja Jedi
We will be discussing it in the Admin group.

There are options to protect a page so that it can only be edited by admins, and of course I'll give faction leaders admin-ship as soon as they sign up. About the inaccuracy issues: I seem to recall Gilbert saying (in Creatures and History thread):

Quoting Gilbert Despathens
Freeling is the boss on creatures, but my policy is to go with something if there are no rules against it and see if the laws catch up.

This is the standpoint I was going from, given that the entire LOM universe is created from people's imaginations built in Legos. If you want to be extreme, I could set up the wiki so that no page can be edited or added except by an admin, but I'm sure we can find a better answer than that or than deleting the wiki. Take a look at Guilds of Historica's wiki to see their solution. Your timestamp idea sounds like a good solution to your issues, and there is a way to automatically add timestamps to a page whenever you edit it.Permalink

There are options to protect a page so that it can only be edited by admins, and of course I'll give faction leaders admin-ship as soon as they sign up. About the inaccuracy issues: I seem to recall Gilbert saying (in Creatures and History thread):

Quoting Gilbert Despathens
Freeling is the boss on creatures, but my policy is to go with something if there are no rules against it and see if the laws catch up.

This is the standpoint I was going from, given that the entire LOM universe is created from people's imaginations built in Legos. If you want to be extreme, I could set up the wiki so that no page can be edited or added except by an admin, but I'm sure we can find a better answer than that or than deleting the wiki. Your timestamp idea sounds like a good solution to your issues, and there is a way to automatically add timestamps to a page whenever you edit it.

If you can lock it so that only admins can alter it, I think the wiki is a good idea. Permalink

The point of a wiki is so that everyone can edit. If you want to have an easily accessible site for displaying information about the Lands of Mythron, make a Weebly site and invite admins to edit the site, don't make a wiki.Permalink

There are options to protect a page so that it can only be edited by admins, and of course I'll give faction leaders admin-ship as soon as they sign up. About the inaccuracy issues: I seem to recall Gilbert saying (in Creatures and History thread):

Quoting Gilbert Despathens
Freeling is the boss on creatures, but my policy is to go with something if there are no rules against it and see if the laws catch up.

This is the standpoint I was going from, given that the entire LOM universe is created from people's imaginations built in Legos. If you want to be extreme, I could set up the wiki so that no page can be edited or added except by an admin, but I'm sure we can find a better answer than that or than deleting the wiki. Take a look at Guilds of Historica's wiki to see their solution. Your timestamp idea sounds like a good solution to your issues, and there is a way to automatically add timestamps to a page whenever you edit it.

That's cool!

I'd rather not wait for a fatal crash - I'd rather employ seat belts, air bags, and a shock-absorbent bumper so that we (laws) wouldn't have to "catch up" on things that are made up. Ask for permission in this group first before adding something new to the wiki.

I missed seeing that Gilbert said that :/

Yes, but it is also orderly. I wasn't meaning to sound extreme and all straight line stuff XD

The whole admin only page editing and such sounds like it would defeat the purpose ;)

Actually, reading this thread, I think it makes a lot more sense just to make a real site and not a wiki. It's really easy to make and update a Weebly site and it's a little easier to make everything accessible to visitors.Permalink

Quoting BobaFett 2
Actually, reading this thread, I think it makes a lot more sense just to make a real site and not a wiki. It's really easy to make and update a Weebly site and it's a little easier to make everything accessible to visitors.

You don't have any reason to make a wiki here. A wiki is great when you're amassing massive amounts of information that can't be easily uploaded by one or a few users, such as with Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Lands of Mythron definitely could be done by a few people.Permalink

You don't have any reason to make a wiki here. A wiki is great when you're amassing massive amounts of information that can't be easily uploaded by one or a few users, such as with Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Lands of Mythron definitely could be done by a few people.

Hmmm...it looks like a reasonably easy site to operate. I think it looks good.Permalink

You don't have any reason to make a wiki here. A wiki is great when you're amassing massive amounts of information that can't be easily uploaded by one or a few users, such as with Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Lands of Mythron definitely could be done by a few people.

A Weebly *might* be an alternative, but there's already a decent amount of writing on the wiki. Besides, one of the points for a wiki is that new information can be introduced without waiting for the proper admin to post it.Permalink

A Weebly *might* be an alternative, but there's already a decent amount of writing on the wiki. Besides, one of the points for a wiki is that new information can be introduced without waiting for the proper admin to post it.

If an admin has to verify everything, they may as well be putting in all the information themselves.

A wiki is easy to vandalize.

You can invite anyone you want to the Weebly site to edit it.Permalink

On the wiki, there's a level of protection that admins can give to pages that prevents new or unregistered users from editing; that would prevent vandalism (though new users who we want editing there would need some sort of sandbox to make several edits so the rest of the pages would be accessible).

Weebly isn't a bad idea, as it's relatively easy to get the hang of, but some options--like a favicon and background, I think--cost money to implement.

One can do anything with the background, favicon or colors of the wiki, but there tend to be a lot of annoying ads...Wikia also notifies you by email if someone edits a page you've edited. It isn't like that on Weebly.

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With all that in mind, I'd prefer a wiki (especially as there already is one). And Thomas, if you're going to lock the pages, can you only prevent new/unregistered users from editing them, and not users like me? I mainly just add links, correct typos, and clean up the format a bit...nothing major to the story.Permalink

Quoting Kai Bernstein
On the wiki, there's a level of protection that admins can give to pages that prevents new or unregistered users from editing; that would prevent vandalism (though new users who we want editing there would need some sort of sandbox to make several edits so the rest of the pages would be accessible).

Weebly isn't a bad idea, as it's relatively easy to get the hang of, but some options--like a favicon and background, I think--cost money to implement.

One can do anything with the background, favicon or colors of the wiki, but there tend to be a lot of annoying ads...Wikia also notifies you by email if someone edits a page you've edited. It isn't like that on Weebly.

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With all that in mind, I'd prefer a wiki (especially as there already is one). And Thomas, if you're going to lock the pages, can you only prevent new/unregistered users from editing them, and not users like me? I mainly just add links, correct typos clean up the format a bit...nothing major to the story.

Favicons and background can both be done for free. Buying a domain costs money but you can't do that with Wikia, so it doesn't really matter.

Also, if you do a site, I'd like to help with grammar. I'm really good with that.Permalink

Quoting Kai Bernstein
Really? I was sure that Weebly charged for those...but you know more about it than I.

Still, the email notifications are very helpful and a large "pro" of Wikia.

Sure, but assuming the point of the site is to share information and it requires admins to verify everything, it makes more sense for the admins to input the information themselves so that they don't have to check everything.Permalink

Quoting Kai Bernstein
On the wiki, there's a level of protection that admins can give to pages that prevents new or unregistered users from editing; that would prevent vandalism (though new users who we want editing there would need some sort of sandbox to make several edits so the rest of the pages would be accessible).

Weebly isn't a bad idea, as it's relatively easy to get the hang of, but some options--like a favicon and background, I think--cost money to implement.

One can do anything with the background, favicon or colors of the wiki, but there tend to be a lot of annoying ads...Wikia also notifies you by email if someone edits a page you've edited. It isn't like that on Weebly.

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With all that in mind, I'd prefer a wiki (especially as there already is one). And Thomas, if you're going to lock the pages, can you only prevent new/unregistered users from editing them, and not users like me? I mainly just add links, correct typos, and clean up the format a bit...nothing major to the story.

I only locked down the main faction pages; the others are still unlocked. I appreciate you're trying to help out, though.Permalink